Re: How can I tell If I am getting better when my meds have UC under

[Guest guest]

Again, it all depends. For me, ripe bananas and apple and pear

sauces are among my rock-bottom I-can-eat-them-on-my-worst-days

foods. But others sure have troubles. You really won't know

until you try them, I fear. When you do decide to try bananas make

sure they are really nice and ripe. Very much brown-spotted.

I'm on day 3 of the diet (if I hadn't eaten a piece of rye toast day one I would be on day 4) and I have to say I'm doing ALOT better even though I'm tapering down the prednisone. Still having diarrhea but

not as much gurggling sounds. I think it's important not to eat too much. After day 5 I'm going to go zuccini and then spinach (pureed). What veggies does anyone suggest next? I have noticed that some of books suggest ripe banana or pears pureed but I think it's better to stay away from that until the diarrhea is gone. Thoughts anyone?

[Guest guest]

After the intro diet, I ate a lot of peeled sauted zucchini, banana/egg

" pancakes " , cooked pear sauce, and chicken breast pieces cooked with a little

honey and salt.

I just discovered a super delicious idea for the early stages though: Squash Pie

with a Pear Crust. I just used a basic pumpkin pie recipe and substituted thinly

sliced pears for the crust, subbed homemade yogurt for the condensed milk,

subbed honey for the sugar, and it came out awesome. I used acron squash, and

have a butternut squash lined out to do it again. The basic recipe will also

include eggs, butter & cinanmon. I will tell you the thinly sliced pear fooled

me - had the same texture as a yummy smooth typical pie crust.

Squash Pie with a Pear Crust

2+ cups cooked squash (butternut or acorn work great)

2 tablespoons melted butter

1/4 cup honey

1/2 cup homemade yogurt (can be omitted)

3 eggs

2 thinly sliced peeled pears (or apples)

1 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp vanilla

dash salt

Slice squash in half and bake at 350* for up to one hour. Spoon squash away from

peel, and puree in food processor. Arrange a layer of thinly sliced pears or

apples in a buttered pie dish. Mix together all other ingredients, pour over

crust. Bake at 350* for 40 minutes, or until it sets.

*You can always simplfy it by leaving out the yogurt, cinnamon, and vanilla

until you know you can tolerate them too. I was able to tolerate yogurt one week

into the diet. When I first started, I could tell my guts felt raw and needed

some serious probiotics, and after being on the diet for one week that yogurt

really did the trick and made my insides feel so much better. Some folks have to

wait a lot longer though.

Good Luck!

SCD 9 Weeks

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> Again, it all depends. For me, ripe bananas and apple and pear

> sauces are among my rock-bottom I-can-eat-them-on-my-worst-days

> foods. But others sure have troubles. You really won't know until

> you try them, I fear. When you do decide to try bananas make sure

> they are really nice and ripe. Very much brown-spotted.

>

>

>

> I'm on day 3 of the diet (if I hadn't eaten a piece of rye toast day

> one I would be on day 4) and I have to say I'm doing ALOT better even

> though I'm tapering down the prednisone. Still having diarrhea but not

> as much gurggling sounds. I think it's important not to eat too much.

> After day 5 I'm going to go zuccini and then spinach (pureed). What

> veggies does anyone suggest next? I have noticed that some of books

> suggest ripe banana or pears pureed but I think it's better to stay

> away from that until the diarrhea is gone. Thoughts anyone?

>